Summer Tips - by Olivia

To help you not waste when you are having fun!

Facts for the Beach:

• 1 in 3 mammal species get entangled in litter.
• By 2050, the pollution of fish will be outnumbered by out dumped plastic.
• There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waste  estimated to be in our oceans. 269,000 tons float and 4 billion microfibers per km2 dwell below the surface.
• 70% of our debris sinks into the ocean’s ecosystem, 15% floats, and 15% lands in our beaches.
• 100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone.
• 12-14,000 of plastic are ingested by North Pacific Fish yearly.

How we can Help

Here is a list of things that would help us reduce plastic waste:

• Stop using plastic straws, if a straw is a must, than purchase a reusable stainless steel or or a glass straw.
• Use a reusable produce bag. A single plastic bag can take 1,000 years to degrade.

A Girl Scout always leaves a place better than she found it!

The Junior Girl Scouts in Troop 548 are completing their Bronze award project, which is focused on reducing waste in common spaces.